Use CrashPlan for free and backup to a friends computer. It will

do backups to an encrypted file on another computer and your friend doesn't have access to anything in the backup. However if you have a lot to backup, disk space might be an issue. Only pay for CrashPlan if you use their cloud storage.

I have had CrashPlan for a few years and use it to backup to an external disk I have as well as to their cloud which is unlimited storage. I haven't tried the backup to another computer but it is a free option.

In response to this post by Hokie360

Posted: 04/02/2016 at 6:12PM

Wow, just froze my 1TB Western Digital Hard drive overnight and it worked. -- hokienole 04/02/2016 4:28PM

Related question for techies out there...is it possible to backup from one -- Tafkam Hokie 04/04/2016 09:27AM

You get 1TB of Cloud Space with Office 365 subscription. ** -- UTPr0sim 04/03/2016 6:35PM

You might want to consider a cloud service like Carbonite. -- PineyGladeHokie 04/02/2016 5:35PM

Freezing a hard drive and putting a keyboard in the dishwasher... -- Major Kong 04/02/2016 5:12PM

Re: Wow, just froze my 1TB Western Digital Hard drive overnight and it worked. -- jdonna 04/02/2016 4:42PM

For about $60/yr you can back up the important stuff to Carbonite and not -- Hokie Bird 94 04/02/2016 4:43PM

Don't have to panic until someone hacks Carbonite :-) -- Hokie360 04/02/2016 4:57PM

Use CrashPlan for free and backup to a friends computer. It will -- coshokie 04/02/2016 6:12PM

Encrypt prior to sending it to Carbonite ** -- HokieForever 04/02/2016 5:56PM

Yep, gotta take that backup elsewhere. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 04/02/2016 5:00PM

Use CrashPlan for free and backup to a friends computer. It will

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